Wild Architecture: The Potential of Self‐Build Settlements. (2nd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Holland, Charles
• Other Names: Hopkins Owen guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 88:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 102
• Page End: 109
• Publication Date: 2018-04-02
• Subjects: Charles Holland Architects (CHA) -- Invisible Studio -- Oosterwold -- Almere -- The Netherlands -- Colin Ward -- 'dweller control' -- Aldo van Eyck -- PREVI (Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda) -- Lima -- Peru -- United Nations Development Programme -- James Stirling -- Charles Correa -- Christopher Alexander -- Walter Segal -- Walters Way -- Lewisham -- London -- The Diggers -- Brighton -- Archetype -- Exquisite Corpse -- Shoreham‐by‐Sea -- West Sussex -- 'plotland' settlements -- Basildon New Town -- Canvey Island -- Jaywick Sands -- 'Bungalow Town' -- Ministry of Defence -- Second World War; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2307
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Self‐build is all about 'dweller control' – involving people in the creation of their own living environments.Charles Holland, a practising architect and Professor of Architecture at the University of Brighton, looks at schemes around the world that manifest different approaches to it: from major projects involving state‐commissioned high‐profile architects at the initial stage and encouraging subsequent modifications by residents, to others that give inhabitants free rein within certain planning restrictions, to one where architects are out of the picture entirely.